Hubble image archive
Ground-based Image of Tarantula Nebula
This view shows part of the stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbor of the Milky Way. At the center lies the brilliant star VFTS 102. This view includes both visible-light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the MP...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2011
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2011-39-2936-image
This view shows part of the stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbor of the Milky Way. At the center lies the brilliant star VFTS 102. This view includes both visible-light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at La Silla, Chile, and the 4.1-meter infrared VISTA telescope at Paranal, Chile. VFTS 102 is the fastest rotating star ever found.
Credits
European Southern Observatory (ESO), M.-R. Cioni (VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey), and the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Source
Image and source material are credited to the official mission archive linked below.
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